Skyvan Glory (optical phenomenon)

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Skyvan Glory (optical phenomenon)

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Thu, Jan 17 2013

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Filed under: Texas, Air2Air workshop, Galveston, Glory of a Skyvan, RV-6 in the clouds

Glory of a Skyvan and a RV-6 in the clouds over Galveston Texas, taken from the Skyvan while flying through the clouds.

The glory phenomenon involves refraction, reflection, and diffraction in which light is bent through 180° in a complex pattern. A portion of the light ultimately disperses from all edges of the drop in the constructive and destructive wave-interference pattern of diffraction, producing the rings. The effect is most often noticed surrounding the shadow of an airplane on a cloud bank below, like the Skyvan I was flying in as well as an RV-6 behind it.

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